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Chapter 11

           "TherewasnothingIcouldhavedone.ShewasinlovewithyoubeforeIeversawyou.Itoldhertogoahead."

           Hesawthatnoprovisionhadbeenmadeforhim,orforNicole,inMrs.Speers’plansandhesawthatheramoralitysprangfromtheconditionsofherownwithdrawal.Itwasherright,thepensiononwhichherownemotionshadretired.Womenarenecessarilycapableofalmostanythingintheirstruggleforsurvivalandcanscarcelybeconvictedofsuchman-madecrimesas"cruelty."SolongastheshuffleofloveandpainwentonwithinproperwallsMrs.Speerscouldviewitwithasmuchdetachmentandhumorasaeunuch.ShehadnotevenallowedforthepossibilityofRosemary’sbeingdamagedorwasshecertainthatshecouldn’tbe?

           "IfwhatyousayistrueIdon’tthinkitdidheranyharm."HewaskeepinguptotheendthepretensethathecouldstillthinkobjectivelyaboutRosemary."She’soveritalready.Stillsomanyoftheimportanttimesinlifebeginbyseemingincidental."

           "Thiswasn’tincidental,"Mrs.Speersinsisted."Youwerethefirstmanyou’reanidealtoher.Ineverylettershesaysthat."

           "She’ssopolite."

           "YouandRosemaryarethepolitestpeopleI’veeverknown,butshemeansthis."

           "Mypolitenessisatrickoftheheart."

           Thiswaspartlytrue.FromhisfatherDickhadlearnedthesomewhatconsciousgoodmannersoftheyoungSouthernercomingnorthaftertheCivilWar.

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